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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Annalisa Barbieri

My son’s girlfriend has taken over his life and I fear he’s being suffocated

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A year ago, our almost 18-year-old son began seeing a girl, who is a year older than him and is his first ‘real’ girlfriend. Soon he stopped seeing his friends and he spent all of his free time with her. When they were not actually together, they were on the phone or playing remote video games.

We barely saw him over the summer, as he was with her all the time. He refused to go on holiday with us unless we invited her too, which we were not willing to do .

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